By Ken Levine

By Harry McCracken

Ken Levine has had an interesting career as a comedy writer, with M*A*S*H, Cheers, and Everybody Loves Raymond among his credits. He's also had a simultaneous interesting career as a baseball announcer, doing play-by-play for the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners. He draws on both of these backgrounds  especially the first one  at By Ken Levine. The site's primary topic is the serious business of being funny, and Levine's posts are serious, funny, sarcastic and contemplative  sometimes all at once. Even an overcovered topic like the Two and a Half Men meltdown benefits from his perspective.